Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani terming the Saturday’s deadly suicide attack outside the Marriott hotel as a ‘cowardly’ act of terrorism said Sunday these terrorist and militant elements wanted to destabilise the country, by hurting democratic process and economy.
“It is a cowardly act of terrorism against the innocent people in this holy month of Ramazan. The whole nation condemns and all the democratic forces are in grief on this tragedy”, Gilani told media persons here, as he visited the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) to inquire after the health of those injured in the suicide attack.
Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf and Advisor to PM on Interior, Rehman Malik were also present.
Gilani announced Rs. 300,000 each as compensation for the heirs of those killed in the attack and Rs. 100,000 for every injured.
Prime minister said the government was committed to fight terrorism and extremism and was following a three-pronged strategy to deal with this menace.
He said with only a handful of miscreants and terrorist elements, the people in Pakistan’s tribal areas are generally peace-loving, patriotic and democratic and have always sacrificed for the country’s security and sovereignty.
Gilani said he has directed his Advisor on Interior to submit an initial inquiry report about the suicide attack by Sunday night, which took the lives of innocent people mainly the security staff and the law enforcing personnel.
He said the law enforcing personnel have been the focus and target of the militants for the last few months, as the terrorists wanted to demoralize the law enforcement agencies.
Prime minister in this respect also recalled the recent terrorist attack on policemen near the Lal Masjid, after the peaceful conclusion of a conference there.
Gilani did not agree with a view that there was failure of disaster management after the incident and said after 15 minutes of attack rescue work had started as he alongwith the President and the Chief of Army Staff were monitoring the situation through live telecasts from various television channels.
Prime minister appealed the countrymen to remain vigilant and help the government to identify and apprehend such elements.
To a question about a recent incident of bomb blasts in New Delhi, the Prime Minister said, “we condemn terrorism wherever it occurs.”
Prime minister later visited various wards of the hospital to inquire after the health of those injured in the suicide attach including two foreigners: Boris, a German Engineer and Lotoya, a British citizen.
Gilani directed the hospital authorities to provide best medical treatment to the injured.
After the Saturday’s suicide attack, 38 dead bodies have been shifted to PIMS, with 31 bodies brought on Saturday. Six dead bodies including three foreigners - one American, one Czech and one Vietnamese - were shifted on Sunday. Whereas one injured also expired on Sunday.
“It is a cowardly act of terrorism against the innocent people in this holy month of Ramazan. The whole nation condemns and all the democratic forces are in grief on this tragedy”, Gilani told media persons here, as he visited the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) to inquire after the health of those injured in the suicide attack.
Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf and Advisor to PM on Interior, Rehman Malik were also present.
Gilani announced Rs. 300,000 each as compensation for the heirs of those killed in the attack and Rs. 100,000 for every injured.
Prime minister said the government was committed to fight terrorism and extremism and was following a three-pronged strategy to deal with this menace.
He said with only a handful of miscreants and terrorist elements, the people in Pakistan’s tribal areas are generally peace-loving, patriotic and democratic and have always sacrificed for the country’s security and sovereignty.
Gilani said he has directed his Advisor on Interior to submit an initial inquiry report about the suicide attack by Sunday night, which took the lives of innocent people mainly the security staff and the law enforcing personnel.
He said the law enforcing personnel have been the focus and target of the militants for the last few months, as the terrorists wanted to demoralize the law enforcement agencies.
Prime minister in this respect also recalled the recent terrorist attack on policemen near the Lal Masjid, after the peaceful conclusion of a conference there.
Gilani did not agree with a view that there was failure of disaster management after the incident and said after 15 minutes of attack rescue work had started as he alongwith the President and the Chief of Army Staff were monitoring the situation through live telecasts from various television channels.
Prime minister appealed the countrymen to remain vigilant and help the government to identify and apprehend such elements.
To a question about a recent incident of bomb blasts in New Delhi, the Prime Minister said, “we condemn terrorism wherever it occurs.”
Prime minister later visited various wards of the hospital to inquire after the health of those injured in the suicide attach including two foreigners: Boris, a German Engineer and Lotoya, a British citizen.
Gilani directed the hospital authorities to provide best medical treatment to the injured.
After the Saturday’s suicide attack, 38 dead bodies have been shifted to PIMS, with 31 bodies brought on Saturday. Six dead bodies including three foreigners - one American, one Czech and one Vietnamese - were shifted on Sunday. Whereas one injured also expired on Sunday.
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